A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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- Director
- Writers
- Albert Maltz(screenplay)
- Malvin Wald(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Albert Maltz(screenplay)
- Malvin Wald(screenplay)
- Stars
- Won 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
Ted de Corsia
- Willy Garzahas Willy Garzah
- (as Ted De Corsia)
Jean Adair
- Little Old Ladyas Little Old Lady
- (uncredited)
Janie Alexander
- Girlas Girl
- (uncredited)
Joyce Allen
- Shopgirlas Shopgirl
- (uncredited)
Beverly Bayne
- Mrs. Stonemanas Mrs. Stoneman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Albert Maltz(screenplay)
- Malvin Wald(screenplay) (story)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaMost of the street scenes were shot on location in New York without the public's knowledge. Photographer William H. Daniels and his uncredited assistant Roy Tripp filmed people on the streets using a hidden camera from the back of an old moving van. Occasionally, a fake newsstand with a hidden camera inside was also set up on the sidewalk to secretly film the actors. Director Jules Dassin hired a juggler to distract the crowds and also hired a man to occasionally climb up on a light post and give a patriotic speech, while waving an American flag to get the crowd's attention.
- GoofsWhen Garzah is running along a street in New York, the car holding the camera (in the passenger window) is visible in the store windows, keeping pace with the actor as he stops and starts.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are spoken by producer/narrator Mark Hellinger. No credits are seen on the screen.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Movie Orgy (1968)
- SoundtracksSobre las Olas (Over the Waves)
(1887) (uncredited)
Written by Juventino Rosas
Background music for the girls on swings
Top review
One of the 8,000,000 Stories of New York City
In New York, the model Jean Dexter is found dead in the bathtub of her apartment apparently after committing suicide. However, the coroner concludes that she was actually murdered with a simulation of suicide. The experienced Homicide Lieutenant Detective Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) initiates his investigations with Detective Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) and his team, and the prime suspect becomes Jean's friend Frank Niles (Howard Duff), who he an alibi but tells many lies in his statement.
The director Jules Dassin from the masterpiece "Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes" and "Night and the City" presents "The Naked City" totally filmed in locations of New York City and with actors interacting with common people on the streets like in the Italian Neo-Realism. The introduction is unique, with the credits narrated by the producer Mark Hellinger like in a documentary, and I do not recall any other movie with this characteristic. The screenplay discloses a great detective story, very well acted with Barry Fitzgerald playing a cynical and smart lieutenant and Don Taylor an inexperienced and family man detective. In the conclusion, the narrator tells that this is one of the 8,000,000 stories of the naked city, in a time where New York City had only this population (against more than 20 million inhabitants of the present days). My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Cidade Nua" ("Naked City")
Note: On 27 May 2016, I saw this film again.
The director Jules Dassin from the masterpiece "Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes" and "Night and the City" presents "The Naked City" totally filmed in locations of New York City and with actors interacting with common people on the streets like in the Italian Neo-Realism. The introduction is unique, with the credits narrated by the producer Mark Hellinger like in a documentary, and I do not recall any other movie with this characteristic. The screenplay discloses a great detective story, very well acted with Barry Fitzgerald playing a cynical and smart lieutenant and Don Taylor an inexperienced and family man detective. In the conclusion, the narrator tells that this is one of the 8,000,000 stories of the naked city, in a time where New York City had only this population (against more than 20 million inhabitants of the present days). My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Cidade Nua" ("Naked City")
Note: On 27 May 2016, I saw this film again.
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- claudio_carvalho
- Mar 12, 2008
Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,400,000
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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